These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Finalist:User Experience

AutoCAD Web

Autodesk

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Dania El Hassan, Product Manager; Vince Bohner, UX Manager; Lorne Trudeau, UX Architect; Scott Price, UX Lead; Cameron Westland, Software Architect; Albert Szilvasky, Software Architect; Martin Alonso, Engineering Lead; Rebecca Pariser, Visual Design

Honorable Mention:Design Company of the Year

Autodesk

Honorable Mention:Web Design

AutoCAD Web

Autodesk

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Honorable Mention:Workplace

Autodesk’s Portland, Oregon, Office

Autodesk

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Mackenzie (interior); Autodesk Facilities Project Team (client); Jenny Lum (Sr. Program Manager); Jennifer Walwyn (Project Manager); Fortis Construction (general contractor)

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This building’s giant sundial shows how much energy it’s making

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Innovation By Design

Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop

In Gary Hustwit’s highly anticipated new documentary “Rams,” the legendary industrial designer indicts the world he helped create.

Innovation By Design

This long-lost Eames design is being produced for the first time

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Impact

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Impact

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Impact

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Creativity

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Creativity

That tone-deaf Ancestry ad was playing on Canadian emotions about Americans

Creativity

Finalist:User Experience

Honorable Mention:Design Company of the Year

Honorable Mention:Web Design

Honorable Mention:Workplace

Design will kill marketing, says Ikea’s former design chief

Marcus Engman is leaving Ikea to run a consultancy that convinces companies to spend their marketing budget on what matters: design.

Dyson’s latest product is a $550 hair curler

After six years and $31 million in development, Dyson is launching the Airwrap, a device that creates ringlets using a bit of aerospace-inspired physics.

Meet Krewe, the eyewear brand that New Orleans (and Beyoncé) built

The five-year-old brand’s founder is focused on giving back to his native New Orleans and putting it on the map of fashion-forward cities.

There’s even a Warby Parker of towels now

Weezie wants to shake up a mundane industry with design.

What the healthcare industry could learn from Lyft and Airbnb

The sharing economy is built upon service and interaction designs that engender interpersonal trust. Healthcare organizations could learn from it.

The future of web design is less, not more

Low-Tech Magazine’s new website is solar-powered, which means it goes offline in cloudy weather.

This building’s giant sundial shows how much energy it’s making

It’s one of the most efficient buildings in the country–but its most unique design feature might be the 40-foot-tall installation in the atrium.

Dieter Rams wants Silicon Valley to stop

In Gary Hustwit’s highly anticipated new documentary “Rams,” the legendary industrial designer indicts the world he helped create.

This long-lost Eames design is being produced for the first time

In the 1940s, radio companies rejected the Eameses’ designs as being “too modern.” Not anymore.

Sick of midcentury modern? Here’s where to buy today’s best design

Skip the spindly leg sofas and knockoff Eames chairs, and try these shopping destinations instead.

Why haven’t we evolved a solution to aging?

To fix the climate, we have to fix our soil

High CO2 levels will wreck plants’ nutritional value, so don’t plan on surviving on vegetables

“The day innocence died”: How the media covered Columbine 20 years ago

That tone-deaf Ancestry ad was playing on Canadian emotions about Americans

Netflix is opening a production hub in NYC

An ex-Apple designer explains why Cupertino didn’t address screen addiction earlier

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